July 30, 2000 -

Just got back from the Taste of Lincoln Ave. show in Chicago. It was
great! Here's the setlist:

Teen Angst
Movie Star
How Can I Live Without You
Seven Days
Heaven Knows I'm Lonely
Another Song About the Rain...wow!
Take Me Down to the Infirmary
Euro-Trash Girl
Wedding Day
Sweet Thistle Pie
Big Dipper
Be My Love
Dr. Bernice
Happy Birthday
Get Off This (David sang "F**k the slice, we want the pie" during the
nah-nahs..lol)
I'm a Little Rocketship
Trials and Tribulations
Mr. Wrong
Whole Lotta Trouble

We got rained on here and there during the show. (it actually started
during "another song about the rain" lol). It was cool to hear "Happy
Birthday to Me," "Heaven Knows I'm Lonely," and Whole Lotta Trouble!"
Were people from the list at the show? I saw a few people up front
who
were singing along and taking lots of pictures. And lots of people
stayed after to talk to Johnny. We didn't talk to the band much,
except said hello to Kenny and Brandy, and got a wave from Frank and
David. We saw Brandy before the show and she said she was searching
for a health food store. lol

Someone was holding up their cell phone, so a friend could hear the
show i suppose. And Johnny sang directly into the phone then talked
to the person. Cool!

I actually taped the show, but it didn't come out too well. argh!
Well I'm beat..good night!

"The Chicago show was excellent!! How appropriate was it that the rain
started
during Another Song About the Rain (which was incredible by the way, about
an
8-10 minute version)."
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Indeed it was, especially the e-x-t-e-n-d-e-d jam during Another Song About
the Rain. Also appreciated the early start (20 mins before scheduled) which
allowed for a longer set, that "D'Angelo song" Get Off This, and the fact
that they didn't play Low. Without checking the set lists, which I'm sure
I'll do later, does anyone know the last time that happened? There were
some grumblings of "How could they not play Low?" among the more casual fans
when the show ended, but it's not like David didn't warn them early in the
show when he said "I hope you don't mind if we don't play all of our
greatest hits." Also ran into a member of the list afterwards--I think it
was you, John, though I could be wrong because I'm terrible with names.

Hope all you lucky folks out west enjoy the shows coming up. It looks like
they've added to the song list, and are actually playing e-mail requests.

As usual, the band kicked it into high gear in Chicago at Taste of Lincoln.
We missed the first half of song 1 b/c the band actually went on 15 minutes
early to give the large and festive crowd a bit more than the allotted 1.5
hours. There are not to many bands (if any) that would do that - it's
really amazing and refreshing how "truly fan-friendly" these guys are.
Well, on to the setlist which is mostly in order:

Teen Angst
Movie Star
How Can I Live Without You
Seven Days
Heaven Knows I'm Lonely
Wedding Day
Sweet Thistle Pie
Dr. Bernice
Eurotrash Girl
Another Song About the Rain
Big Dipper
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!
Take Me Down to the Infirmary
Trials & Tribulations
Be My Love
Get Off This
Mr. Wrong
I'm a Little Rocket Ship (Lowery solo)
Whole Lotta Trouble

Definitely a great show. I'm not sure what they played at South Bend or
Downstate Illinois, but this could have been the first HBTM played in years
(outstanding). Also of note, no LOW which is rare as well. Also, literally
15 seconds after the last song was played came a huge downpour. Talk about
perfect timing. This is definitely the best live band, I love how they
constantly mix up their setlist. Can't wait for the Fillmore show next
Saturday.

Hey Kristin - I was directly in front of Johhny right on the stage. The
back of my shirt had a Miller Lite logo on it. I was taking a lot of
pictures too. Maybe you saw me. My friends said they saw someone right by
us taping the show. I'm guessing it was you.

What an amazing show. It was great to hear Happy Birthday and Dr. Bernice.
The crowd seemed to really love Dr. Bernice. Absolute kick-ass Another Song
About the Rain. When Dave played the solo "Rocketship" his foot missed the
pedal to activate the background sounds and he got a little messed up. It
was great, because he just smiled and kept playing. Again, no encore.
They played straight through when they had to stop. When I called for info,
they told me Cracker would be playing from 7:30 to 8:30, but they were on
from 7:10 to 9:00.

Afterwards Johnny came out to the front of the stage to talk to me and some
other fans. We must have been talking for like 15 minutes. He's such a
great guy. I asked him if they still play "Can I Take My Gun To Heaven" and
he said that was one they haven't done in a long time, and he'd try to do
that one soon. I got a picture of him with me, and the only reason he
stopped talking was because one of Chicago's finest threatened to arrest me
if I didn't move on. They were cleaning up after the festival. I finally
heard the story of why Johnny got beat up by the cops at that Chicago show
in '96.

I'm gonna try to post the pictures on the websomewhere. I got about 15, and
I'm hoping they turn out really well since I was so close.
Aloha,
Scot